Chocolate and Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread has to be one of my favorite holiday cookies. It’s so easy to make, and that melt-in-your-mouth buttery goodness is almost impossible to resist. Taking a queue from my candied orange peel shortbread, I’d been wanting to try a festive version with bright red maraschino cherries and chocolate. I was, however, a little torn between whether to use white or dark chocolate, as white chocolate seemed more festive but dark chocolate goes so well with cherries. In the end the easiest solution was to make a batch of both–you can’t have too much shortbread!